Paul Newman Quotes
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The only question I ever ask any woman is, 'what time is your husband coming home?'
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Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one.
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I cannot bear to look at a film that I made before 1990. Maybe 1985. There's no sense even trying to explain it. I really just can't watch myself. I see all the machinery at work and it just drives me nuts, so I don't look at anything.
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If you have no enemies, you have no character. Taking a stand always creates opposition.
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I'm like a good cheese. I'm just getting mouldy enough to be interesting.
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The problem with getting older is you still remember how things used to be.
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I never ask my wife about my flaws. Instead I try to get her to ignore them and concentrate on my sense of humor. You don't want any woman to look under the carpet because there's lots of flaws underneath. Joanne believes my character in a film we did together, "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge" comes closest to who I really am. I personally don't think there's one character who comes close... but I learned a long time ago not to disagree on things that I don't have a solid opinion about.
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The best gift you can give yourself is the gift of possibility.
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The best thing you can give yourselves...is the gift of possibility. And the best thing you can give each other is the pledge to go on protecting that gift in each other as long as you live.
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I will continue to get behind the wheel of a racing car as long as I am able. But that could all end tomorrow.
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I never ask my wife about my flaws. Instead I try to get her to ignore them and concentrate on my sense of humor.
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From the very beginning, we bucked tradition. When the experts said that something was "always done" in a certain way, we'd do it our way, which was sometimes the very opposite.
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Natural law. Sons are put on this earth to trouble their fathers.
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...." I was rather discouraged when I discovered that Paul and Hotch had no marketing survey, no business plan, no budget, no organized strategy for the introduction of the sauce. When asked about this lack of preparation, the haphazard nature of their business, Paul said, 'Me in this business is just part of life's great folly. Stay loose, men, keep 'em off balance.'"
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Watching something is nothing like doing it.
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The need is great and so are the opportunities to make a difference.
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What we got here is a failure to communicate.
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It's been a privilege to be here.
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Well, the nice thing about animation, you don't even really have to account for yourself. All of the physical stuff that you work on as an actor, you just throw away.
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People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.
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I certainly never expected to be a professional actor. I never expected to be in movies. I thought I would probably become a teacher.
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I'm a great believer in luck and the extraordinary role that plays in all of our lives.
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You only grow when you are alone.
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I believe there can be dignity in the acting profession. And I think there ought to be more dignity in the publicity an actor gets.